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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1871
Page
5
Indiana Progress issue from November 30 1871 includes a directory with details on courts county officials council members and school directors plus the Indiana and Brookville stage line timetable with daily departures from Indiana Blairsville and connections to Blairsville to Allegheny Clay and other routes. It also lists church appointments and services in the area.
The notice lists lodge activities at Odd Fellows Halls in various towns with meeting nights specified. It mentions Pedagogical groups and other fraternal orders, detailing weekly gatherings and dates for ceremonies and social events.
County Nes reports a mix of local notices, political hints, church events, and small town updates. It notes a post office move, ongoing temperance and religious activities, affirmations of Thanksgiving observances, and various improvements like new roofs and store rooms. Readers are told of warnings for smallpox, a Ka hospital setup in town, and a caution about a swindling envelopes scheme. Also mentions local crimes, deer hunting reports, and a lecture by Theodore Tilton upcoming in December.
The county towns form lecture associations to curb winter loafing through public talks. The program features Hon. S. B. Cary of Cincinnati, Theo. Tihon, Miss Anna Dickason, Ired Douglass, and Mark Twain. Indiana’s good name rides on reader patronage and support for these lectures. Cunningham Bros. Furs offer clothing and wear.
The Blairville Academy closed its fall term with exams held Monday and Tuesday under Professor Eaton and his wife. About fifty students were tested in elementary subjects plus algebra, geometry, Latin, Greek, German, and bookkeeping. A grand concert in New Alexandria featured Miss Lizzie Torrance and praised performances by Carrie Beil, Miss Gallagher, and others, followed by a reception with Blairsville and New Alexandrian guests.
Local Marion items report wild animal sightings and a Thanksgiving concert by the Methodist choir under Mr. McCormick at Cookport. Other notes describe epidemics and variolid vaccination, a literary society completing its organization, church construction plans, and town discussions on undertakers, sextons, and public houses amid a wary mood.
A Smicksburg sketch notes the town on the Little Mahoning, with about 150 inhabitants and early maturity. Glenn and Lowe run a thriving foundry and machine shop, building a new large structure including a shop and ware room. James Weston plans a tin shop, and an upper hall of 50 by 60 feet nears completion.
The first Star Lecture by Gen Cary proves lively and pointed with satire and pathos. He argues capital and labor are mutually necessary, rebuking the hostile mob view that fuels strikes. The hall was half full. prices deterred attendance, urging cheaper seats and family tickets to boost turnout. Music could lure broader support, JUN.
A Nice Holliday present featuring a nice set of furs at affordable prices from the Company store. Limited stock remains with a few sets left. Also advertised is 100 barrels of apples for sale at Calhoun's, highlighting bargain prices and stock availability.
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